tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post1596051164752852985..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: SuitableWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-18384531524347502622014-05-13T13:50:53.795-02:302014-05-13T13:50:53.795-02:30:-( - sorry about that Wise!
bb:-( - sorry about that Wise!<br />bbBetty Bishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10552340264000998419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-37196121545120231242014-05-06T02:43:22.936-02:302014-05-06T02:43:22.936-02:30Sounds like my family. They were worried I would g...Sounds like my family. They were worried I would get in with the wrong crowd and inconvenience them by getting pregnant.Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621439195920479957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-41489968694001904382014-05-05T05:17:15.717-02:302014-05-05T05:17:15.717-02:30"Suitable" is more often than not used i..."Suitable" is more often than not used in India for matches in arranged marriages. One of the most hilarious books that you can read is this one : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Suitable_Boy<br /><br />I can tell you some bizarre stories from real life about finding a suitable boy or girl for matrimony.Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-70999828511201384522014-05-04T11:20:57.425-02:302014-05-04T11:20:57.425-02:30Irene:
The "unsuitables" were the most ...Irene:<br /><br />The "unsuitables" were the most interesting people of all.<br /><br />The "suitables" were crashing bores.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-69315119606766964602014-05-04T11:19:40.892-02:302014-05-04T11:19:40.892-02:30Sharon:
Oh LOL. I remember the question of (in ou...Sharon:<br /><br />Oh LOL. I remember the question of (in our lingo) "Who does she/he belong to?"<br /><br />thanks for reminding me!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-12551733222002909702014-05-04T11:18:41.118-02:302014-05-04T11:18:41.118-02:30Thank you dear Ernestine!
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WWWThank you dear Ernestine!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-27688026036670153192014-05-04T11:18:13.256-02:302014-05-04T11:18:13.256-02:30Nick:
He was Da Man for that and no mistake!!
XO...Nick:<br /><br />He was Da Man for that and no mistake!!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-41891102170737810842014-05-04T11:17:43.504-02:302014-05-04T11:17:43.504-02:30GM:
Me too! My kids would have fallen down laughin...GM:<br />Me too! My kids would have fallen down laughing!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-62372856104705759552014-05-04T11:17:08.853-02:302014-05-04T11:17:08.853-02:30SAW:
It wasn't the racing with my dad, it was ...SAW:<br />It wasn't the racing with my dad, it was the gambling he was up against.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-67644453220767340832014-05-03T11:01:18.785-02:302014-05-03T11:01:18.785-02:30I was never told that someone I befriended was uns...I was never told that someone I befriended was unsuitable (but then again, I had great taste), but I know my mother heard this constantly and for the same reasons that your Dad told you, just about. As a result, she became very defiant and hung out with all the wrong people and had no sense in her head at all. That's the other side of the coin. She married below herself and never let my father forget it. Life!Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-31181186342570691442014-05-03T10:46:46.828-02:302014-05-03T10:46:46.828-02:30With my great aunt, who was like a grandmother to ...With my great aunt, who was like a grandmother to me, it was "Who are his people?" when I started dating. I was 16 and had no plans to marry anyone I was dating. We were Protestant, and it was important for her to know if they were Catholic for that meant we'd have to raise children in that faith. She liked my Catholic boyfriends but she liked it a lot better that I married a Baptist. Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01448211798237937246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-20730615014079228302014-05-03T08:40:54.557-02:302014-05-03T08:40:54.557-02:30I smile as I remember much of my childhood.
You re...I smile as I remember much of my childhood.<br />You reminded me of a word<br />I seldom use at this time :)<br />and this one wishes you<br />a wonderful day....One Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12548226150115102345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-52395499481394847432014-05-03T08:30:36.676-02:302014-05-03T08:30:36.676-02:30Fortunately my parents never dismissed any of my g...Fortunately my parents never dismissed any of my girlfriends as unsuitable, they left me to make my own choices. The nearest they got to dissing someone was when a girlfriend broke up with me, I was devastated, and my mother said I shouldn't be so upset, she wasn't worth it.<br /><br />The whole business of judging your children's girl/boyfriends is absurdly authoritarian.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-53579415782547676842014-05-03T07:11:56.080-02:302014-05-03T07:11:56.080-02:30I am laughing. Yes, I heard that line too as a chi...I am laughing. Yes, I heard that line too as a child, but could you ever imagine Elly taking that from me!<br /><br />She would tell me it was not a logical excuse! Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-83834963729676279672014-05-02T23:32:19.401-02:302014-05-02T23:32:19.401-02:30I can't imagine forbidding my kids from befrie...I can't imagine forbidding my kids from befriending anyone based on not liking something about their family. We're all standing on the same ground. <br /><br />(Although - I can't help but cringe a little at the greyhound bit - I used to have a rescued racer and have read a bit about it, and it's a cruel sport.)Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.com